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yes, on the issue of john boehner, i was at breakfast with him this morning. he was quite gruff on the president. he said he doesn't have the guts or the courage to stand up to the liberals in his own party in order to make a deal on the big issues, particularly deficit reduction. i talked to him later in the day and said, are you calling the president a wimp? he said, no, i just don't think he's able to do what it takes to stand up to them. that's the kind of relationship or frankly nonrelationship that these two men who will be sitting a foot away from each other have. >> the president having just greeted all the members of the supreme court in attendance, including the two that he appointed elena sotomayor and kagan. there's wolf bliter at cnn studios, he's almost at the point -- >> these are member s of the joint chiefs, diplomatic corps, cabinet and the senior white house staff there as well. you see the president. he's about ready to go up to that podium. jessica kyellin has been watching. what do you think about what's going on? >> this reminds me of ou
yes, on the issue of john boehner, i was at breakfast with him this morning. he was quite gruff on the president. he said he doesn't have the guts or the courage to stand up to the liberals in his own party in order to make a deal on the big issues, particularly deficit reduction. i talked to him later in the day and said, are you calling the president a wimp? he said, no, i just don't think he's able to do what it takes to stand up to them. that's the kind of relationship or frankly...
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>> i think you will. >> john boehner -- doesn't -- i don't think john boehner wants to put his members in the position of having to vote no on something that 92% of the country likes. and i do think he feels that a lot will feel constrained to vote now. in a gerrymandering district -- >> there is room for the party to move this issue forward within the republican caucus. and i think that john boehner realizes there will be a part of his caucus that will not under any substance go with that. he is trying to cobble together with the democrats in the house so that the house can deliver on the vote -- >> it is interesting tonight, i believe there were 31 members of congress who brought along with them. they have one ticket to sit in the gallery, 31 members of congress brought somebody affected by gun violence, effectively packing the gallery with this issue. zero republicans. >> and these people deserve a vote. and i also want to respectfully say to my colleagues here -- >> they deserve much more than a vote. but what our politics has come to is that we beg for a vote just to vote. >> no,
>> i think you will. >> john boehner -- doesn't -- i don't think john boehner wants to put his members in the position of having to vote no on something that 92% of the country likes. and i do think he feels that a lot will feel constrained to vote now. in a gerrymandering district -- >> there is room for the party to move this issue forward within the republican caucus. and i think that john boehner realizes there will be a part of his caucus that will not under any substance...
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john boehner, right over his shoulder, just this morning, told reporters that he doesn't think the president has the guts to make the tough decisions to deal with the deficit. that was an exact quote. "i don't think he has the guts to do it." so, a divided chamber to be sure. >> that's right, jon. he said he didn't think the president had the courage to take on his own team. those were fighting words that he said to many of us this morning. but i want to going ba and show everyone mrs. obama coming into the room. and we saw her going down to resounding applause. and i want to point out, you're looking next to her will be kaitlin roig, who is the first grade teacher at newtown who told me about taking her 15 first graders into the bathroom, shielding them from the gunman, saying, "the good guys are on their way." >> and the president knows he has a job to do on ending gun violence. he's laid out proposal, including universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, a limit on high capacity magazines. i want to bring in our own matthew dowd right here. he knows that most of that or a lot of
john boehner, right over his shoulder, just this morning, told reporters that he doesn't think the president has the guts to make the tough decisions to deal with the deficit. that was an exact quote. "i don't think he has the guts to do it." so, a divided chamber to be sure. >> that's right, jon. he said he didn't think the president had the courage to take on his own team. those were fighting words that he said to many of us this morning. but i want to going ba and show...
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and even john boehner the speaker of the house who opposes new gun control measures leapt to his feet to applaud on that. >> pelley: the president's been realistic about his chances of getting major gun control legislation through the republican house. he has said in the past that he's willing to take anything that he can get but the important thing he says is that we try to save lives from gun violence. a number of people senator harry reid behind the president being one of them wearing green ribbons on their lapels tonight in solidarity with the victims from the newtown massacre in december. major garrett at s at the white house for us tonight. major, what are the president's prospects on gun control? what does he think he can get? >> reporter: scott it's very important that the president said "let's have a vote." in the rhetoric of legislative politics that means the president is not decidedly telling congress "let's pass this, i know we can do it." it is an open-faced concession that the politics of gun control, particularly when it comes to an assault weapons ban, so-called, or b
and even john boehner the speaker of the house who opposes new gun control measures leapt to his feet to applaud on that. >> pelley: the president's been realistic about his chances of getting major gun control legislation through the republican house. he has said in the past that he's willing to take anything that he can get but the important thing he says is that we try to save lives from gun violence. a number of people senator harry reid behind the president being one of them wearing...
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. >> you will know if things are going badly for republicans because john boehner will actually change shades during the address. okay? different color. >> bill: let me break this to you very gently because you are my friend. things are going bad for the republicans. we don't have to wait to find that out. >> okay. >> bill: miss laura ingraham, everybody, there she is. that it for us tonight. we have updates on the los angeles situation throughout the evening. as always, we thank you for watching the factor, and let's go down to washington, d.c. right now where bret baier and his crew standing by to set up the state of the union. take it away, bret. >> president obama's state of the union address, i'm bret baier in washington, you're looking live inside the house chamber there. tonight marks the 92nd time this annual message to congress or state of the union address has been delivered in person by a president. it's this president's fourth. there you see dr. jill biden being escorted to the box where she will sit and watch this address. we're told that the president will use this speech
. >> you will know if things are going badly for republicans because john boehner will actually change shades during the address. okay? different color. >> bill: let me break this to you very gently because you are my friend. things are going bad for the republicans. we don't have to wait to find that out. >> okay. >> bill: miss laura ingraham, everybody, there she is. that it for us tonight. we have updates on the los angeles situation throughout the evening. as always,...
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. >> separating harry reid from john boehner. >> woodruff: well, they pick a select group of the leadership of the house and senate to escort the president in. and i'm sure both of you saw today or yesterday there was an article describing the lengths to which some members of congress will go to get one of those coveted seats right there in the aisle so that the president will see them and they will be seen on national television. >> on my twitter feed at about noon there were some reporters reporting that those seats were already getting filled up. those people have been there for nine hours. they deserve their five seconds of fame. >> they do. but in the past, speaking of the... in the past you've been able to just have a bag or some books. now security demands that you be there yourself physically. you may claim it by putting in your notebook with your name on it. now you have to physically be there because many of these members have been there for hours. and they're getting their, the moment in the sun. jean schmidt from ohio who is one of the regulars there, a republican, she lost the
. >> separating harry reid from john boehner. >> woodruff: well, they pick a select group of the leadership of the house and senate to escort the president in. and i'm sure both of you saw today or yesterday there was an article describing the lengths to which some members of congress will go to get one of those coveted seats right there in the aisle so that the president will see them and they will be seen on national television. >> on my twitter feed at about noon there were...
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boehner, the house, whoever the speaker of the house is controls what is voted on and john boehner has historically not allowed votes on this. will the nra at least allow these things to happen without telling members of congress we'll hold it against you if you allow it to happen? >> if some of these members of congress stuck in the middle and in vulnerable districts do vote, that might not go very well for them in the future. it isn't a question of whether they're going to vote or not, it is a question of how they vote, but we're interested in doing is getting members of congress, members of the senate, to listen to their constituents and to vote to protect the second amendment because we think if you have a debate on these issues and if you have a debate on what's effective and what isn't effective what, we come out with at the other end of this maze that is the congressional bill making machine is going to be reasonable, is going to be all right. you know, the president wants to force these things through, and we discovered just today that there was a justice department memo prepar
boehner, the house, whoever the speaker of the house is controls what is voted on and john boehner has historically not allowed votes on this. will the nra at least allow these things to happen without telling members of congress we'll hold it against you if you allow it to happen? >> if some of these members of congress stuck in the middle and in vulnerable districts do vote, that might not go very well for them in the future. it isn't a question of whether they're going to vote or not,...
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earlier today, house speaker john boehner predicted the highly partisan speech and said this president doesn't have the guts to go against his liberal base. those two men will be facing each other shortly and just coming in now, the cabinet, as you see right now, secretary of state john kerry newly appointed to that position. obviously, the former democratic candidate for president, also former senator from massachusetts, now the new secretary of state. behind him secretary of defense, leon panetta who will be leaving, although chuck hagel is on the hot seat right now. he was approved out of the senate armed services committee partisan vote, 14-11 today, but the senate floor, a full vote expected sometime later this week and you see the rest of the cabinet filing in behind those two men. ed henry, chief white house correspondent is standing by on the north lawn. ed? >> reporter: and here at the white house, earlier today briefed by the president, top aides what he's going to say tonight. they're saying to me that in private the president's aides are expressing deep concerns about the e
earlier today, house speaker john boehner predicted the highly partisan speech and said this president doesn't have the guts to go against his liberal base. those two men will be facing each other shortly and just coming in now, the cabinet, as you see right now, secretary of state john kerry newly appointed to that position. obviously, the former democratic candidate for president, also former senator from massachusetts, now the new secretary of state. behind him secretary of defense, leon...
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john boehner says he doesn't have the guts to stand up to his own party. that is preemptive strike likely the expected criticism of boehner not standing up to the tea party and agreeing to a balance of spending cuts and additional revenue to reduce the deficit. on international matters, half the 70,000 u.s. troops now in afghanistan will be home by this time next year. we knew that. he'll criticize north korea's nuclear test saying that country will not be allowed back into the international community. >> chris: i wanted to tell people what you are seeing. these are members of the cabinet. it's a remark sight, state of the union address. the entire united states government is there. the gray hiavd gentleman there in the center of the screen is the new white house chief of staff who may have the second toughest job and attorney general eric holder but the entire government is here. all of the senate and house and cabinet and joint chiefs of staff. the supreme court, it's quite a remark sight. on a slightly grizzly note, one member of the cabinet is always t
john boehner says he doesn't have the guts to stand up to his own party. that is preemptive strike likely the expected criticism of boehner not standing up to the tea party and agreeing to a balance of spending cuts and additional revenue to reduce the deficit. on international matters, half the 70,000 u.s. troops now in afghanistan will be home by this time next year. we knew that. he'll criticize north korea's nuclear test saying that country will not be allowed back into the international...
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and for me it was fun to see which things john boehner chose not to stand for. he did not stand for we need to pay our bills. at the not stand for a nation that is more important than a party. and he did not stand for the 102-year-old who waited hours to vote. however, it's fun watching democrats and republicans blaming each other for an economy wrecked by republicans and democrats. and the president calling out to the people watching the show, speaking beyond those to those beyond the chamber and talking to those watching the show. talking about climate change, i wish i would have made my drinking words comprehensive or get that done. >> michael, what is your take away on the speech welcome. >> i'm going to be less--i'm glad you're going last, cenk although i shouldn't be glad you're going last. this speech will forever be remembered if it's remembered at all as the gun speech. it was very candid, they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote. putting guns last was a tactical bit of speech writing. i think that it was very good tactically becaus
and for me it was fun to see which things john boehner chose not to stand for. he did not stand for we need to pay our bills. at the not stand for a nation that is more important than a party. and he did not stand for the 102-year-old who waited hours to vote. however, it's fun watching democrats and republicans blaming each other for an economy wrecked by republicans and democrats. and the president calling out to the people watching the show, speaking beyond those to those beyond the chamber...
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this morning house speaker john boehner says the president is afraid to stand up to his own party, the liberals in his party to do what's right for the country and tackle entitlements. democrats on the other hand say they need more revenue, more than the $600 billion that they secured at that deal that passed congress in the wee hours of the 2012 year going into 2013 but you're seeing the same fight break down over the same lines and the president is --. neil: exactly, buddy. >> in the state of the union address the president made a justification for what a larger government can and should be doing. neil: peter, i hope things are working with you. i do want to talk to you a little bit about that because i heard from a number of republican guests tonight, if they had a choice between the automatic sequestration cuts and 1.3 trillion that kick in march 1, or tax hikes or tax hikes they will swallow the pill and take the sequestration cuts. >> yeah. the speaker is saying today that he does not want to see the sequestration happen. he does not like sequestration. the president saying the s
this morning house speaker john boehner says the president is afraid to stand up to his own party, the liberals in his party to do what's right for the country and tackle entitlements. democrats on the other hand say they need more revenue, more than the $600 billion that they secured at that deal that passed congress in the wee hours of the 2012 year going into 2013 but you're seeing the same fight break down over the same lines and the president is --. neil: exactly, buddy. >> in the...
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. >> you see john boehner along with joe biden, the vice president, also the president of the senate. we've got analysis and contributors who will be dissecting the president's words. >> strong minds and big voices with us tonight. let's start with former michigan governor jennifer granholm and newt gingrich. the easy one. what is the state of the union, governor? >> the state of the union is progressing. he's going to say he's going to be right on the economy. i want to count the number of times he says middle class and jobs. if we don't talk about the economy after this speech, then he will have missed the boat. >> do you agree, mr. speaker? >> the governor's right that the country is worried first about jobs, second about the long-term economy and third about the size of the deficit. and the country's going to look for comments on those three. that will be the heart of how the nation judges this speech. >> if he has to say the nation is progressing and if he has to prove that he can make jobs, that's a very tall order. let's put that to gloria borger. i'll start with you. often pol
. >> you see john boehner along with joe biden, the vice president, also the president of the senate. we've got analysis and contributors who will be dissecting the president's words. >> strong minds and big voices with us tonight. let's start with former michigan governor jennifer granholm and newt gingrich. the easy one. what is the state of the union, governor? >> the state of the union is progressing. he's going to say he's going to be right on the economy. i want to count...